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Good software developers/engineers spend most of their time trying to replace themselves. This is because the amount of work they have to do is constantly expanding to fill the work day and they just want a dang weekend. It is my deepest hope that AI will do that for us, even just a little. But I suspect it will just make more work for us and damage the prospects of a younger generation of developers.

I like AI, it's a step in the right direction for humanity; ending our dependence on human labor for horrible jobs. But I shudder to imagine what the mouth breathing monsters at the top of our society are going to do with it.

I suspect that we're in for a rough few decades that will make the early 1900s look like a Sunday picnic.


I suspect that Claude had a bug that undercounted tokens and they fixed it.

I wonder if that was why they were offering the bonus off hours limits. Ease people in to the transition.

I suspect we will see something similar to CRAM that is a little less aggressive for these drones. CRAM uses a huge stream of rounds because it has to target supersonic munitions. But a drone doing 200-300 knots could be taken out with a proxy fused shell shot from a computerized turret on a HMMWV.

In addition you will probably start seeing FIM-92k missiles (Stinger) on loyal wingman style Predator, Reaper and Viper drones using link 16 guidance from F-35 and E-3. There has already been an air to air kill with the Reaper.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a23320374...


You described Ukainian Sky Sentinel, a $150K AI-driven M2 turret.

Fundraising started in mid 2025 https://u24.gov.ua/news/sky-sentinel-fundraiser-completed-33...

Started scoring first hits last week https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWgw8h8DJId/ https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ukraine-private-air-defen...


That's awesome!

Consumer reports seems to agree. Although I'll take mostly reliable and repairable over very reliable and not repairable. Stuff happens after all.

Already went through this exact process. It wasn't too bad but I think I got lucky this time. I celebrate the anniversary every year. Most of my memories were about how to walk and be afraid of animals with big teeth though.

A shady confidential informant lied and told the police that the house was a kidnapper's den with people chained up in the basement. The subsequent bad behavior of the police after they realized they were wrong prompted the drama to come.

I guess that would put a different spin on the idea of Software Piracy...

I guess it would be more akin to smuggling at this point.

I get about 90% of my microplastics from breathing in people's tire dust. The stuff in water isn't nearly as concerning.

It's actually a pretty complicated topic. CityNerd did a pretty good video on the topic here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za56H2BGamQ


Better yet, it's literally a complex system!

Depends on the area. I grew up in a bad neighborhood and everyone was grifting. If you gave a random stranger a ride you would get to take a tour of the roughest places in your city and maybe a "friend" that sees you as a free taxi driver. It was rarely malicious, mostly just people were poor and didn't have access to transportation. But their friends and family can sometimes be pretty dang nasty.

This is called being a "Soft Touch."


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